second whistleblower related to irs criminal investigation into hunter biden. that whistleblower wants to remain anonymous. he is referred to as mr. x. mr. x says it was clear that u.s. attorney david weiss was not making it is decision. merrick garland denied preventing weiss from charging hunter biden. both whistleblowers who spent years investigating hunter told congress they made several attempts to bring charges against hunter biden and were blocked. so explosive, not just fox news asking tough questions. was the president involved, yes or no? steven, i answered the question. it is not up to you how i answer the question. was the president there or not? i refer you to my colleagues at the white house counsel. have you spoken to the president, have you asked him if he was there with his son? this is not a conversation i had with the president. emily: legacy media has been unable to ignore the scandal. abc, cbs and nbc covered the story. there is evidence t
good morning. happy new year. welcome to a special new year s day edition of morning joe. we re on tape this morning with some of our top, recent conversations. we begin with a discussion about donald trump s increasing use of authoritarian language in his speeches and social media posts. in recent months, trump has repeated fascist rhetoric, including saying immigrants are, quote, poisoning the blood of our country, and referring to his political enemies as vermin. we pledge to you that we will root out the communists, marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country. the threat from outside forces is sinister, dangerous, and grave, more than the threat from within. donald trump echoing the words of 20th century authoritarians at a rally earlier this month. joining us now, national affairs analyst john heilemann. special correspondent at vanity fair and host of the fast politics podcast, molly jong-fast. and co
welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper. on may 24th, 2002, a gunman walked into robb elementary school in uvalde, texas, and killed 19 children and two teachers before he was finally killed by police 77 minutes later. it s one of the worst school shootings in u.s. history. what makes it even harder to understand is that 376 law enforcement personnel responded to the scene, but it took them more than an hour before they actually moved to breach the classroom and confront the shooter. they waited while children inside lay injured and dying. over the past year, cnn s shimon prokupecz and his team have been digging for answers, and through sources they have obtained the entire investigative case file which includes thousands of documents, hundreds of hours of footage, and multiple audio recordings. uvalde city officials haven t seen all this evidence. neither have the families of the victims until now. in this next hour, we re going to show you new video from the after
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walked into robb elementary school in uvalde, texas, and killed 19 children and two teachers before he was finally killed by police 77 minutes later. it s one of the worst school shootings in u.s. history, and what makes it even harder to understand is that 376 law enforcement personnel responded to the scene, but it took them more than an hour before they actually moved to breach the classroom and confront the shooter. they waited while children inside lay injured and dying. over the past year, cnn s shimon prokupecz and his team have been digging for answers and thou sources they have obtained the entire investigative case file which includes thousands of documents, hundreds of hours of footage and multiple audio recordings. uvalde city officials haven t seen all of the evidence, neither have the families of the victims until now. we ll show you new video from the aftermath. it s tough to watch and sometimes shocking. the only images and sound are from children you survived